OLD TRAFFORD COACH TRAVEL INFORMATION

clive

Charlton supporters taking a club coach to the team’s Carabao Cup quarter-final tie with Manchester United at Old Trafford on Tuesday, January 10th will be able to park at The Valley.

Pick-up points and times are listed below, with all services set to go directly to Old Trafford. 

Larkfield: 12.00pm

Bromley: 12.00pm

Gravesend: 12.15pm

Dartford: 12.30pm

Bexleyheath: 12.30pm

Eltham: 12.30pm

Charlton: 12.30pm

Supporters can purchase a place on a Valley Away coach, which costs £30, here.

Due to high demand, the club will have stewards on hand to manage the parking at The Valley with toilets also open for supporters.

Car parking at The Valley costs £3 and a car parking pass can be purchased here.

Full ticketing information for the quarter-final tie can be found here.

https://www.charltonafc.com/news/old-trafford-coach-travel-information

BrentfordAddick

All seems sensible, and a fair price to park up. 

meldrew66

I'm on the 'Bexleyheath' coach. Where is the pick up point? I can't find any information on the website nor does the ticket state it. Someone suggested it is Hall Place car park but, of course, I need to know for definite. In past years, the Bexleyheath pick up was behind the Broadway.

cafc4life

im booked on coach one, assume pick up times will be the same as coach 2?

clive

meldrew66 said:

I'm on the 'Bexleyheath' coach. Where is the pick up point? I can't find any information on the website nor does the ticket state it. Someone suggested it is Hall Place car park but, of course, I need to know for definite. In past years, the Bexleyheath pick up was behind the Broadway.

Information on pick-up points for away fixture:

Canterbury - Victoria Road, London Road by the roundabout (on A2050 facing into Canterbury)

Larkfield – Kingfisher Road sheltered bus stop, by Martin Square

Gravesend – bus stop by old A2 Tollgate underpass

Dartford (1) – Heath Lane, by retail park at junction with Princes Road 

Bexleyheath – Hall Place car park 

Bromley – Bromley North Station 

Eltham – Well Hall Road junction with Dickson Road 

Charlton – Anchor & Hope Lane Bus stop

https://www.charltonafc.com/valley-away

cafc4life

and does anyone know why coach 2 is sold out but not coach 1 and if there is a difference?

sam3110

What time will the coach leave OT at the other end and how long will the journey back be do we reckon?

meldrew66

clive said:

meldrew66 said:

I'm on the 'Bexleyheath' coach. Where is the pick up point? I can't find any information on the website nor does the ticket state it. Someone suggested it is Hall Place car park but, of course, I need to know for definite. In past years, the Bexleyheath pick up was behind the Broadway.

Information on pick-up points for away fixture:

Canterbury - Victoria Road, London Road by the roundabout (on A2050 facing into Canterbury)

Larkfield – Kingfisher Road sheltered bus stop, by Martin Square

Gravesend – bus stop by old A2 Tollgate underpass

Dartford (1) – Heath Lane, by retail park at junction with Princes Road 

Bexleyheath – Hall Place car park 

Bromley – Bromley North Station 

Eltham – Well Hall Road junction with Dickson Road 

Charlton – Anchor & Hope Lane Bus stop

https://www.charltonafc.com/valley-away

Clive: would I be able to board (Coach 1) at Dartford (i.e. Heath Lane) rather than Bexleyheath as it's probably slightly nearer and easier to park for me there? I had wrongly assume that 'Dartford' would be in the Centre, hence selecting 'Bexleyheath'.

clb74

sam3110 said:

What time will the coach leave OT at the other end and how long will the journey back be do we reckon?

Will the game be going to penalties?
Will there be any traffic delays on the way back?

DoctorCharlton

Bit confused by that..

12:30pm pick up for Eltham, Dartford, Bexleyheath and Charlton?

I thought it goes eltham, then Charlton? 

eaststandmike

sam3110 said:

What time will the coach leave OT at the other end and how long will the journey back be do we reckon?

I can’t see any coaches being back to the drop off points before 4am, could be much later.

Callumcafc

DoctorCharlton said:

Bit confused by that..

12:30pm pick up for Eltham, Dartford, Bexleyheath and Charlton?

I thought it goes eltham, then Charlton? 

Likely different coaches running different routes.

cabbles

Great to see all the questions about coach travel.  PM me for the granular details.  Loving the £3 car parking fee.  It’s absolutely empty when we return from Morecombe at 3.30am and you’ll be lucky to get the security guard open the gate 

I implore as many of you as possible to travel by coach.  It’s like Mecca 

Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch

Each coach going directly to Old Trafford suggests no multiple pick ups for any coach.

Covered End

BrentfordAddick said:

All seems sensible, and a fair price to park up. 

Yes, nothing wrong with looking to cover the cost of the stewards etc. 

clive

meldrew66 said:

clive said:

meldrew66 said:

I'm on the 'Bexleyheath' coach. Where is the pick up point? I can't find any information on the website nor does the ticket state it. Someone suggested it is Hall Place car park but, of course, I need to know for definite. In past years, the Bexleyheath pick up was behind the Broadway.

Information on pick-up points for away fixture:

Canterbury - Victoria Road, London Road by the roundabout (on A2050 facing into Canterbury)

Larkfield – Kingfisher Road sheltered bus stop, by Martin Square

Gravesend – bus stop by old A2 Tollgate underpass

Dartford (1) – Heath Lane, by retail park at junction with Princes Road 

Bexleyheath – Hall Place car park 

Bromley – Bromley North Station 

Eltham – Well Hall Road junction with Dickson Road 

Charlton – Anchor & Hope Lane Bus stop

https://www.charltonafc.com/valley-away

Clive: would I be able to board (Coach 1) at Dartford (i.e. Heath Lane) rather than Bexleyheath as it's probably slightly nearer and easier to park for me there? I had wrongly assume that 'Dartford' would be in the Centre, hence selecting 'Bexleyheath'.

Don't know, there is no guarantee that each coach will pick-up at more than one location.
 Contact the club asap if you wish to change your pick-up point.

cafc4life

@clive

im on coach 1, but pick up times stated are for coach 2. Do you know if the times are the same for both coaches?

ProperCharlton

Is there no pick up from Kent?

clive

cafc4life said:

@clive

im on coach 1, but pick up times stated are for coach 2. Do you know if the times are the same for both coaches?

No.

cafc4life

clive said:

cafc4life said:

@clive

im on coach 1, but pick up times stated are for coach 2. Do you know if the times are the same for both coaches?

No.

clear as mud then

Airman Brown

Covered End said:

BrentfordAddick said:

All seems sensible, and a fair price to park up. 

Yes, nothing wrong with looking to cover the cost of the stewards etc. 

I don’t really agree. Each coach is going to yield £750-£1,000 over and above the hire cost. On top of that the club will get 45% of the net ticket receipts (after allowable costs and VAT). Therefore the first priority is to get people to go to the game and sell the allocation.

If the club sells 200 car park places it will receive £500 net of VAT less the cost of administration. It can generate that from a fraction of a coach.

I don’t think £3 is terrible, although it means many people will park around the ground where they can. I just think it’s the wrong focus. They’d be much better off running an extra coach.

Airman Brown

clive said:

meldrew66 said:

clive said:

meldrew66 said:

I'm on the 'Bexleyheath' coach. Where is the pick up point? I can't find any information on the website nor does the ticket state it. Someone suggested it is Hall Place car park but, of course, I need to know for definite. In past years, the Bexleyheath pick up was behind the Broadway.

Information on pick-up points for away fixture:

Canterbury - Victoria Road, London Road by the roundabout (on A2050 facing into Canterbury)

Larkfield – Kingfisher Road sheltered bus stop, by Martin Square

Gravesend – bus stop by old A2 Tollgate underpass

Dartford (1) – Heath Lane, by retail park at junction with Princes Road 

Bexleyheath – Hall Place car park 

Bromley – Bromley North Station 

Eltham – Well Hall Road junction with Dickson Road 

Charlton – Anchor & Hope Lane Bus stop

https://www.charltonafc.com/valley-away

Clive: would I be able to board (Coach 1) at Dartford (i.e. Heath Lane) rather than Bexleyheath as it's probably slightly nearer and easier to park for me there? I had wrongly assume that 'Dartford' would be in the Centre, hence selecting 'Bexleyheath'.

Don't know, there is no guarantee that each coach will pick-up at more than one location.
 Contact the club asap if you wish to change your pick-up point.

The plan is to run from each main pick-up, with no runaround. I think they will stop taking bookings when they have filled what they are prepared to run. 

cafc4life

@Airman Brown

do you know if coach pick up times are the same for each coach? website times stated are for coach 2 but im on coach 1. Would it be safe to assume they would be the same and from the same place?

Airman Brown

cafc4life said:

@Airman Brown

do you know if coach pick up times are the same for each coach? website times stated are for coach 2 but im on coach 1. Would it be safe to assume they would be the same and from the same place?

Yes. It’s 12.30 everywhere except for a bit of running time from Bromley, Gravesend and Larkfield. I put that in for any sweeping up  but it appears they are just going to fill pick-ups and shut them.

cafc4life

Airman Brown said:

cafc4life said:

@Airman Brown

do you know if coach pick up times are the same for each coach? website times stated are for coach 2 but im on coach 1. Would it be safe to assume they would be the same and from the same place?

Yes.

Thank you!

LargeAddick

Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch said:

Each coach going directly to Old Trafford suggests no multiple pick ups for any coach.

I expect that at least one will do Canterbury, Larkfield etc etc. The other at 12.30pm will just run from the one pick up point. 

LargeAddick

cafc4life said:

@clive

im on coach 1, but pick up times stated are for coach 2. Do you know if the times are the same for both coaches?

I would'nt assume you are on coach one necessarily as I think that was probably just a system thing for booking as people were booking on 'coach 1' from multiple pick up points and as we now know the Bexleyheath coaches will just be departing from there, Dartford just Dartford etc so it's just as likely you will be on coach 12 for example.

SoundAsa£

clive said:

meldrew66 said:

I'm on the 'Bexleyheath' coach. Where is the pick up point? I can't find any information on the website nor does the ticket state it. Someone suggested it is Hall Place car park but, of course, I need to know for definite. In past years, the Bexleyheath pick up was behind the Broadway.

Information on pick-up points for away fixture:

Canterbury - Victoria Road, London Road by the roundabout (on A2050 facing into Canterbury)

Larkfield – Kingfisher Road sheltered bus stop, by Martin Square

Gravesend – bus stop by old A2 Tollgate underpass

Dartford (1) – Heath Lane, by retail park at junction with Princes Road 

Bexleyheath – Hall Place car park 

Bromley – Bromley North Station 

Eltham – Well Hall Road junction with Dickson Road 

Charlton – Anchor & Hope Lane Bus stop

https://www.charltonafc.com/valley-away

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cafc4life

LargeAddick said:

cafc4life said:

@clive

im on coach 1, but pick up times stated are for coach 2. Do you know if the times are the same for both coaches?

I would'nt assume you are on coach one necessarily as I think that was probably just a system thing for booking as people were booking on 'coach 1' from multiple pick up points and as we now know the Bexleyheath coaches will just be departing from there, Dartford just Dartford etc so it's just as likely you will be on coach 12 for example.

Yeah fair enough. I’ve booked to go from Eltham so will see what happens on the day 

SoundAsa£

clive said:

Charlton supporters taking a club coach to the team’s Carabao Cup quarter-final tie with Manchester United at Old Trafford on Tuesday, January 10th will be able to park at The Valley.

Pick-up points and times are listed below, with all services set to go directly to Old Trafford. 

Larkfield: 12.00pm

Bromley: 12.00pm

Gravesend: 12.15pm

Dartford: 12.30pm

Bexleyheath: 12.30pm

Eltham: 12.30pm

Charlton: 12.30pm

Supporters can purchase a place on a Valley Away coach, which costs £30, here.

Due to high demand, the club will have stewards on hand to manage the parking at The Valley with toilets also open for supporters.

Car parking at The Valley costs £3 and a car parking pass can be purchased here.

Full ticketing information for the quarter-final tie can be found here.

https://www.charltonafc.com/news/old-trafford-coach-travel-information

Christ almighty…..that’s cutting things fine for Larkfield.🫣

DaisyEdwards

Three quid to park at the valley. It's amazing how the club tries to squeeze every last penny out of supporters whilst we are in the middle of a cost of living crisis. Fans won't get a lot of change from £100 for this trip. Give us a break Charlton. I thought the club was trying to get fans back inside. This is not the way to do it.